Free and income-based health centers and dental clinics in Washington County, Oregon
Residents in Washington County can access income-based, possibly even free, medical services form Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center and Neighborhood Health Center. The county staffs a phone line that helps residents find a doctor, a checkup, or a vaccine. Neighborhood Health Center now sees patients at the county's former clinic locations, and both health centers charge uninsured patients on a sliding scale. The county also has options most areas lack, including teaching clinics on Pacific University's Hillsboro campus and free mobile dental days run by Tigard-based Medical Teams International.
This page covers the whole county, from Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Aloha to Cornelius, Forest Grove, Tigard, Tualatin, and Sherwood. It also applies to the unincorporated areas with Portland mailing addresses, such as Cedar Mill, Bethany, West Slope, and Raleigh Hills, which sit inside Washington County. The sections below cover sliding fee health centers, same-day care, free and low cost dental clinics, university clinics for eyes and counseling, school-based health centers, crisis help, and Oregon Health Plan enrollment. Hours and eligibility rules change, so confirm details with each organization before going.
Start with the county's health care resource line
Washington County Public Health. Washington County stopped running its own clinics and now partners with the community health centers on this page, so the county service to know is the Health Care Resource Line at 503-846-8851. Staff on the line help callers find a primary care provider, birth control, immunizations, or STI testing. The county also posts a bilingual health care resource guide on its clinic information page at https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/disease-control/clinic-information.
Children who need school vaccines can also get them at Virginia Garcia's 7th Avenue clinic in Hillsboro, which is open to anyone. Or they can access care at the school-based health centers listed further down.
Sliding fee health centers in Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Cornelius
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center. Virginia Garcia is the county's largest community health center, with wellness centers in Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Cornelius and more clinics across Yamhill County. Every medical appointment is booked through one call center at (503) 359-5564, open weekdays, because the clinics do not take scheduling calls directly. The full location list is at https://virginiagarcia.org/locations-hours/, and the dental clinics in Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Cornelius each take their own appointment calls at the numbers posted there.
Services include family medicine, pediatrics, reproductive health, integrated behavioral health, and on-site pharmacies, plus a same-day acute care clinic on 7th Avenue in Hillsboro for problems that cannot wait for a regular visit. The health center accepts the Oregon Health Plan and most insurance, and uninsured patients pay on a sliding scale set by income. Enrollment specialists at each clinic help patients apply for OHP, and the health center provides rides to appointments for patients who need them. Virginia Garcia still runs the farmworker outreach program it was founded for, which sends a mobile medical and dental clinic to farmworker sites during the season.
Neighborhood Health Center runs its largest clinic, the Tanasbourne Medical and Dental Clinic, on the Providence Tanasbourne campus in Hillsboro, reached at (503) 848-5861 or through https://nhcoregon.org/. The former Beaverton clinic merged into Tanasbourne, so patients from Beaverton and Aloha now go there. A separate reproductive health clinic on Main Street in downtown Hillsboro handles birth control, STI testing, and family planning by appointment on limited days, so call before going.
Care covers primary care for all ages, pediatrics, pregnancy care, behavioral health, and dental, and patients are seen no matter their ability to pay. Uninsured patients get a sliding fee scale and help enrolling in OHP, and the health center posts a resource page for patients living without immigration status. A nurse triage line at (503) 941-3033 handles urgent questions when the clinics are closed. The rest of the network sits across the county line in Clackamas County, in Canby, Milwaukie, and Oregon City.
Free and low cost dental care
Both health centers above run dental clinics with sliding fees, Virginia Garcia in Hillsboro, Beaverton, and Cornelius and Neighborhood Health Center at Tanasbourne, and both accept the Oregon Health Plan. Two more options fill the gaps, one for urgent pain and one for routine cleanings.
Medical Teams International is headquartered in Tigard and sends volunteer dentists out on mobile vans across Oregon and Washington, with recurring dates at the Beaverton Resource Center. The vans treat urgent problems only, mainly fillings and extractions for people with pain, swelling, or bleeding, and there is no charge. The clinics are meant for people without dental insurance or another way to pay, and they do not do cleanings, dentures, or crowns. Each month's dates and the phone number to book them are posted at https://www.medicalteams.org/, and some dates fill, so call early in the month.
Pacific University Dental Clinic. Pacific University's dental hygiene students clean teeth, take X-rays, and apply sealants and fluoride at the university's Hillsboro campus clinic, under licensed supervision, at (503) 352-7373. The clinic takes patients age three and older, the first screening visit is free, and later fees depend on the services needed, with most insurance accepted. Visits run longer than at a private office because students are learning, and the clinic does not treat emergencies or do extractions or crowns. Details and hours are at https://www.pacificu.edu/.
Eye exams and counseling at Pacific University's other clinics
Pacific University healthcare clinics. Pacific University's health professions programs run other public clinics in the county, all staffed by students under licensed faculty. Pacific EyeClinics in Hillsboro, Forest Grove, Beaverton, and Cornelius give complete eye exams and fit glasses and contacts by appointment, with the Hillsboro clinic at (503) 352-7300, and it is worth asking about costs and coverage when booking.
The Pacific Psychology and Comprehensive Health Clinic in Hillsboro offers counseling for adults, couples, families, and children on a sliding fee scale, accepts OHP, and takes intake calls at (503) 352-7333. Phone numbers for every clinic, including the hearing clinic in Hillsboro, are on the university's clinic locations page at https://www.pacificu.edu/about/campuses-locations/healthcare-clinics.
School-based health centers for students
Students in Washington County can get care at school-based health centers run by the two health centers above. Virginia Garcia operates the centers at Beaverton, Century, Forest Grove, and Tigard high schools, and Neighborhood Health Center runs the ones at Merlo Station in Beaverton and Tualatin High School.
They see students regardless of insurance for checkups, sports physicals, immunizations, minor illnesses, and mental health visits, and some also serve siblings or other students in the district. Eligibility differs by site and most close over summer break, so call the operating health center first.
Mental health and addiction crisis help
Anyone in Washington County in a mental health or substance use crisis can call the county Crisis Line at 503-291-9111 at any hour. Counselors on the line can help by phone, send the county's mobile crisis team to the caller, or direct them to the Hawthorn Walk-in Center in Hillsboro, next to the Hawthorn Farm MAX stop.
The walk-in center sees people with urgent mental health or addiction needs at no charge, though its walk-in hours have changed more than once, so call the crisis line before going. The county's crisis services page has the details, and 988 works from anywhere in the state. For ongoing counseling, both community health centers offer behavioral health on sliding fees, along with the Pacific psychology clinic above.
Oregon Health Plan enrollment and other help
Many uninsured county residents qualify for the Oregon Health Plan, which covers people of any age or immigration status who meet the income limits. Applications go through https://one.oregon.gov/ or by phone at 1-800-699-9075, and both health centers on this page have enrollment specialists who help with the paperwork. The Oregon uninsured health care programs page covers the plan and the options for people who earn too much for it.
Project Access NOW, a Portland nonprofit that serves Washington County along with Multnomah and Clackamas, books free insurance navigation appointments at (503) 345-6553 and helps some households pay marketplace premiums.
Washington County's hospitals, including Hillsboro Medical Center, Providence St. Vincent, Kaiser Westside, and Legacy Meridian Park in Tualatin, all have financial assistance programs that can reduce or forgive bills for patients who qualify.
Before a first visit, ask what to bring, since sliding fee programs generally want a photo ID and recent proof of income. Residents near the county line can also use the free health clinics in Portland and Multnomah County, and more sliding fee centers statewide are listed under free community medical clinics in Oregon.
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